1
أَلۡهَىٰكُمُ ٱلتَّكَاثُرُ
Alhakumu alttakathuru
Competition in [worldly] increase diverts you
2
حَتَّىٰ زُرۡتُمُ ٱلۡمَقَابِرَ
Hatta zurtumu almaqabira
Until you visit the graveyards
3
كَلَّا سَوۡفَ تَعۡلَمُونَ
Kalla sawfa taAAlamoona
No! You are going to know
4
ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَوۡفَ تَعۡلَمُونَ
Thumma kalla sawfa taAAlamoona
Then no! You are going to know
5
كَلَّا لَوۡ تَعۡلَمُونَ عِلۡمَ ٱلۡيَقِينِ
Kalla law taAAlamoona AAilma alyaqeeni
No! If you only knew with knowledge of certainty
6
لَتَرَوُنَّ ٱلۡجَحِيمَ
Latarawunna aljaheema
You will surely see the Hellfire
7
ثُمَّ لَتَرَوُنَّهَا عَيۡنَ ٱلۡيَقِينِ
Thumma latarawunnaha AAayna alyaqeeni
Then you will surely see it with the eye of certainty
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ثُمَّ لَتُسۡـَٔلُنَّ يَوۡمَئِذٍ عَنِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ
Thumma latusalunna yawmaithin AAani alnnaAAeemi
Then you will surely be asked that Day about pleasure